JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by rahulr
HTML
<select name="entryspeaker" id="entryspeaker">
<option value="">No associated speaker</option>
</select>
JavaScript
var speakerlist=[{id:"1", name:"Rsquare"}, {id:"2", name:"Adi"}, {id:"3", name:"Anuj"}];
for ( speakerIdx in speakerlist ) {
var speaker = speakerlist[speakerIdx];
var newOption = $('<option></option>').val(speaker.id).html(speaker.name);
$('#entryspeaker').append( newOption );
console.log(speaker);
console.log(newOption);
}